After a six-day trial, a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict for murder suspect Darius Savoy, leading Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy to declare a mistrial on April 15. Savoy, 26, faced seven charges in connection to the fatal shooting of Allante Alexander, 30, in the 2000 block of W….
Baltimore saw increases in both homicides and non-fatal shootings from February to March, according to Baltimore Witness data. Data shows 14 reported homicide incidents in March, an approximate 27 percent increase from the 11 reported in February. March homicides increased by approximately 56 percent from the nine reported in January, demonstrating a consistent increase from…
Kamari Morris, 17, entered a guilty plea in a shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Brooke M. Murdock on April 1. The juvenile was tried as an adult. The deal included 10 years, the first five without the possibility of parole, for the charges of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or…
On March 27, a firearms examiner presented evidence that seemed to link homicide defendant Derrien Gamble to two gun-related incidents from 2023 and 2024. Gamble is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, and multiple firearm possession charges in a connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Feb.13, 2023….
“I’ve been dealing this sh*t for two years because of a crime I didn’t even commit!” said 29-year-old defendant Kemonta Johnson to the court on the first day of his jury trial. Johnson’s homicide trial began on Feb. 3 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy. Defense attorney Jason Rodriguez and the prosecution presented…
On Dec. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer sentenced an unruly homicide defendant to life in prison, suspending all but 30 years with five years supervised probation. William Clinton III, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of 31-year-old Efraim Gordon on May 3, 2021. The incident occurred on…
After a six-day trial, a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict for murder suspect Darius Savoy, leading Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy to declare a mistrial on April 15. Savoy, 26, faced seven charges in connection to the fatal shooting of Allante Alexander, 30, in the 2000 block of W….
Baltimore saw increases in both homicides and non-fatal shootings from February to March, according to Baltimore Witness data. Data shows 14 reported homicide incidents in March, an approximate 27 percent increase from the 11 reported in February. March homicides increased by approximately 56 percent from the nine reported in January, demonstrating a consistent increase from…
Kamari Morris, 17, entered a guilty plea in a shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Brooke M. Murdock on April 1. The juvenile was tried as an adult. The deal included 10 years, the first five without the possibility of parole, for the charges of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or…
On March 27, a firearms examiner presented evidence that seemed to link homicide defendant Derrien Gamble to two gun-related incidents from 2023 and 2024. Gamble is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, and multiple firearm possession charges in a connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Feb.13, 2023….
On Dec. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer sentenced an unruly homicide defendant to life in prison, suspending all but 30 years with five years supervised probation. William Clinton III, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of 31-year-old Efraim Gordon on May 3, 2021. The incident occurred on…